Are you interested in data science, but you're not quite working in it yet?

In software, getting that very first job can truly be the hardest one to land.

On this episode, we have Avery Smith from Data Career Jumpstart here to share his advice for getting your first data job.

This is Talk Python, episode 455 recorded January 18th, 2004.

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really quickly about some awesome news. Back in February, I gave the keynote at Pycon Philippines.

It was entitled The State of Python in 2024. Well, that is now out on YouTube. The team at

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check out the state of Python in 2024, according to me, just click on the link in the show

notes to watch it over on YouTube. Now let's talk to Avery.

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